Private equity is the most popular way for UK pension funds to make impact investments, but a wider geographical spread and greater attention to additionality would improve effectiveness, according to Pensions for Purpose.
Focus on enabling the market for biodiversity credits welcomed but credits should be a “last resort” in closing the global financing gap in the protection and restoration of nature.
The vast majority of impact investors say financial returns from their impact investing strategies meet or exceed their expectations, according to the latest research by the Global Impact Investing Network.
The authors of this thought-provoking book advocate the importance of corporate conscience and call for a move away from corporate values to action-oriented corporate principles, writes Christopher Walker.
The standards are intended to provide a baseline for sustainability disclosures that can be widely adopted globally, giving investors insight into how companies are tackling climate change-related impacts.
The great majority of healthtech innovations never reach patients due to lack of early-stage funding and business expertise. NLC is changing that by building investible businesses around game-changing healthcare solutions.
The hosts say the summit marked a step up in ambitions to reform multilateral institutions and mobilise public and private investment in low-income countries. But its success will be judged in terms of what happens next.
Over the past decade, the EU-backed EIT Climate-KIC accelerator programme has supported 2,100 solutions and secured nearly €2bn in capital to address different aspects to the climate challenge.
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